Caryl Churchill’s “Love and Information” is a breath of fresh air
OK, I haven’t been able to write any articles lately–and I couldn’t even find time to upload a meme when I couldn’t right one, which is in violation of my about this blog info...
Category: Advocacy
Idiocracy is not about eugenics! (A much needed rant about this and the other misunderstandings of this film.)
OK, well in my introductory post when I first started out this blog, I said cheatout.com is a blog about theater, and sometimes film/tv will be talked about. I guess you can sorta count...
Couldn’t do an article this month… :(
OK, so I couldn’t do an article this month… or, um… last month. Yeah, sorry. Holidays, life happens, bills happen–ugh! And usually when I can’t do an article, I like to post a theater...
Five… very fitting plays for current events…
Well… we’re looking at a very serious election and our choices are a con man who from the looks of it has no conscience, and our Vice President who definitely has more experience in...
3 Reasons to Stop Shaming Volunteer Theater… And One Time When You Should
Shaming the little people instead of the powers-that-be is adding to the problem.
Five feminist plays!
March is Women’s History Month. And as the month draws to a close, I thought it would be a good time to promote feminist centered plays. To be a feminist, one doesn’t have to...
Three reasons amateur theater is hard core AF!
As someone who’s produced, directed and acted in amateur theater (aka Community Theater, aka nonprofessional, etc.), I get really plagued when I hear someone brush off amateur theater. Namely because amateur doesn’t automatically mean...
Three major life skills or attributes people learn in theater
“Why would you study theater?” “Why would you work in theater?” “Why do we need theater?” “What good can theater do for people?” I’ve heard this all before and then some. So has every...
Why fund theater? (Especially during a pandemic)
OK, things suck right now. You’ve probably read about vaccine news, but there are many complex reasons why it will be quite some time before things return back to normal (at least in the...
